Twenty years since its release, the LP continues to show how country can mirror real-life, with songs about teen pregnancy, ...

Singers have tried to fill Peter Cetera's shoes in Chicago over the past 40 years. Judge for yourself how they pulled it off ...

INDIO, CA − Lainey Wilson’s headlining set at Stagecoach 2026 looked doomed after high winds forced an evacuation around 7:45 p.m. Saturday, April 25. After the chaos subsided and guests were allowed ...

In this episode, we meet Finn, a young musician with a developed taste for classic music, as he sings "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers. The video also features Jack, who performs "Sitting on the Dock of a ...

The timeless voice behind hit songs like “Mama Tried” and “Workin’ Man Blues,” Merle Haggard launched his career with influences from Bob Wills and Hank Williams. What followed was a career that ...

Producer J.J. Blair and musician Mike Finnigan had been friends for decades when Blair began producing what became Finnigan's final album. Blair says that even the most respected musicians on the ...

When Merle Haggard first got the invitation to join two of his prison mates in a grand escape from San Quentin, the plot’s mastermind, a man named Jimmy “Rabbit” Kendrick, gave Haggard a warning. He ...

Just like pretty much everybody else in the world, Merle Haggard once had a crush on Dolly Parton. We here at Whiskey Riff often wonder what Jolene had to look like for Dolly Parton to be worried ...

Rocker Sammy Hagar picked a Merle Haggard song to ponder life after the death of Charlie Kirk. The Red Rocker took to social media to sing a slightly adjusted version of the chorus of Haggard's "Are ...

Willie Nelson will interpret the songs of Merle Haggard on the country legend’s upcoming 78th solo studio album. Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, due out November 7, finds Nelson delivering 11 new ...